Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization

A New Concept of the Analytic Operator-Valued Feynman Integral on Wiener Space

Seung Jun Chang, David Skoug, Hyun Soo Chung

Published Apr 3, 2017• 3 citations

Abstract

In this article we introduce a new concept of an analytic operator-valued Feynman integral for functionals on Wiener space, which we then use to explain various physical phenomena. We then establish the existence of some analytic operator-valued Feynman integrals that prove useful in establishing various applications in quantum mechanics.

DOI: 10.1080/01630563.2016.1251455

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